Dear Colleagues, I notice that Stevan Harnad has responded to the start of the Directory of Open Access Repositories with a posting :
><SNIP> >Is it really best for OA progress to keep independently re-inventing the >wheel, rather than building on what we already have? This criticism is a little premature - the Directory of Open Access Repositories will indeed build on what we have. The Press Release for the project does say this quite explicitly - "Much valuable work has already been done in listing repositories in different countries and the project will build on this existing work. " The work of the resource that Stevan Harnad mentions ( http://archives.eprints.org/eprints.php ), along with other valuable work elsewhere, informed discussions for the basis of the DOAR project and the directions in which it will develop. Regards, Bill -- Bill Hubbard SHERPA Project Manager www.sherpa.ac.uk IS Divisional Office, Hallward Library, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham. NG7 2RD tel: (0115) 846 7657 fax: (0115) 951 4558 * * * * * * * * This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.
